The result: Policymakers in Washington have begun to question why the military, using U.S. taxpayers' money, has been delegating the task of protecting the lives of American commanders, troops and civilians in Iraq in large part to other nations' private companies.

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What they more ought to question are why American commanders in the American military in need of private contractors to protect them.
They don't need them, they are in the military.

These private companies are becoming like tape worms inveigling themselves into the public armed forces and sucking the life blood out of them. It shouldn't be allowed.

That armoured vehicle looked like it had been designed by a committee!
Why the hell is the US Army Corps of Engineers being protected by PMC's? Can we draw a conclusion that the US are in overstretch?
Fron what I have seen they do a good job, but the Yanks did make me laugh- goatee's, pony tails and adorned with a collection of knives that John J Rambo would have been proud of. Not to mention their low profile on the road!